Thursday, September 27, 2012

The New Orleans Chapel of the Santisima Muerte

The New Orleans Chapel of the Santisima Muerte is a non-profit organization registered in the State of Louisiana and Orleans Parish. It is an outdoor, public shrine for la Santisima Muerte. The shrine is located on Palmyra Street, in between S. Olympia and S. Murat Streets, in the Mid City area of New Orleans, LA. Visitors are welcome to pray, leave offerings, give donations, and take pictures of the shrine. The outer-most doors of the three shrines (black, white, and red for the three robes of Santisima) open with a latch on the right side of each door.

About Me

La Santisima Muerte - I work with the three-robed system as taught to me by Nick Arnoldi, who received it in Tijuana, Mexico, in 2001. Founder of The New Orleans Chapel of the Santisima Muerte.
Haitian Vodou - Houngan Asogwe, my mother is Bon Mambo Marie Carmel Charles, from Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Palo Mayombe - I am Padre Nganga from Munanso Zarabanda Rompe Monte ba Quenda Ensila in Miami, FL.
Quimbanda - I have received licensa through Tata Apokan of Cabula Mavambl Ngobodi Nzila in NY.
Lukumi - Elekes, Warriors, and Hand of Orula in Miami, FL.
Ancestor Veneration - I venerate my U.S. Southern and European ancestors, both Christian (Protestant and Catholic) and Pagan (Norse and Celtic).
I received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy with an emphasis in World Religious Studies from Mississippi State University in May 2000.
I first moved to New Orleans in 2001, and after Hurricane Katrina I moved to the Northshore area of Boston, MA, then I returned to New Orleans in 2010.